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Thursday, March 15, 2007

Reaction Among The Blogs Regarding KSM Confession

He offered a chilling confession to “managing and following up on the Cell for the Production of Biological Weapons, such as anthrax and others, and following up on Dirty Bomb Operations on American soil.”…

Anthrax, you say? In fairness, he does not say he orchestrated the anthrax attacks.

Beyond that, what is most striking about the hearing is the elaborate courtesy and respect with which Khalid is treated by the presiding officer. It is somewhat galling to see this sadistic mass murderer chatting amiably with the President of the tribunal, complaining that his name is misspelled in one of the pleadings, and comparing himself to George Washington. I can only wonder what those who howl endlessly about America's allegedly barbaric treatment of terrorist detainees would make of it. Khalid obviously saw no reason to fear for his own well-being.

Not to worry, either. Because after living through waterboarding... elcectro shock...some more waterboarding... being hung by his thumbs and other delicate ahem extremities, there's no way he could be lying. Right? He wouldn't just be telling us what we want to hear, right?

Given the nature of the, um, inducements to the confessions, we have no way to know how much is true and how much is I’ll tell you anything you want to hear. All we know for certain is that the Bush Administration is, once again, waving the bloody shirt of 9/11 to distract us from its political problems.

Well, it's a golden night for the Deniers. 911coverup throws out a meaningless online poll that seems to show faith in a cover-up has diminished somewhat since the 84% glory days, Tempestuous seems to be fixated on KSM's back hair (makes a change from being fixated on atheists, I suppose) and Swing, being Swing, changes the subject. Another fruitful night's work!

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Excerpt:WASHINGTON (AP) - "Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's claims that he was responsible for dozens of successful, foiled and imagined attacks in the past 15 years relies on a loose definition of the word "responsible." Officials say the 9/11 mastermind was key to some plots but a bit player in others."

"While there apparently is truth in much of the statement, several officials said, there's also an element of self-promotion. They view the claims as at least in part a rallying cry to bolster his image and that of al-Qaida in the only venue Mohammed has left: a military courtroom from which the public is barred."

Now I think about it, we don't know what religion temp is, do we? It's probably some apocalyptic mash-up of End Times Christianity and NWO conspiracies like John Conner, but I like to think it could be Scientology. Temp seems to share their beliefs on "suppressive persons" and "fair game".